LEADGROWDEVELOP.COM — Software development is inherently challenging, and it gets even tougher for young startups in the industry. You may bring the best people on board, but they could still struggle to deliver flawless projects on time. The stress of working on tight budgets and timelines can hit their performance…

WWW.GUIDINGWP.COM — Disclosure: Your support helps keep the site running! We earn a referral fee for some of the services we recommend on this page. Everyone wants to load his or her website in the shortest possible time. A fast website can rank higher in search engine results and get more page visits from…

STARTUP.UNITELVOICE.COM — If you’re a startup founder, you know that while you can be doing everything right, if customers can’t find you online, your business is not going to survive. That’s where search engine optimization (SEO) comes in. It holds the key to getting your business found in search engines. Let’s start…

WWW.ENTREPRENEUR.COM — Anyone who tells you that writing is easy is probably using ChatGPT. The truth is being a good writer is a challenging skill to master. It takes practice, discipline, creativity, and a willingness to experiment and screw up. But you can use certain tried-and-true hacks to be a more productive and effective writer.

WWW.MLIVE.COM — GRAND RAPIDS, MI — The city of Grand Rapids is hosting three community events where residents can provide input on the city’s upcoming master plan, a document that will guide growth and development in the city for the next two decades.The next community master plan, which is currently under…

INKBOTDESIGN.COM — Shopify Tips Every New Store Owner Should Know!The first time setting up a Shopify store can either be a fun experience or a nerve-wracking one. It depends on whether you have all the information you need to create a fantastic online store.Especially if you are new to the Shopify world, you might…

WWW.WPKUBE.COM — Searching for the best WordPress schema markup plugins to add structured data to WordPress? Schema markup, also called structured data, helps you provide additional context to search engines like Google (or other platforms like social media networks). Search engines can use that added context to…

BULK.LY — Writing useful text or designing an appealing image isn’t enough to consider your content marketing successful. Conversions are what matter. Perfectly crafted content has no tangible value if it doesn’t engage the audience and convert page visitors into buyers. However, creating materials that attract and sell doesn’t happen as if by magic.

DESIGNSHACK.NET — 20+ Procreate Drawing Ideas (+ Procreate Ideas for Beginners) Procreate is a popular drawing app for iPad and iPad Pro. With the Apple Pencil and the right set of brushes, this app can help you craft amazing digital drawings and paintings. We have a feature on how to use it here, and the…

WWW.ONSTARTUPS.COM — First off, just to be clear, I’ve never been a sales person. I’ve never even played a sales person on TV. All the points below have been pulled from startup sales teams that I think work pretty well (including the team at CRM software company, HubSpot). Building Startup Sales Teams 1. Don’t…

WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM — The morning after the night before is when clarity kicks in. You shuffle into the main part of the house and suddenly you can see the snowdrifts of bottles that you didn’t notice accumulating. You spot the burn marks on the carpet, the crack in the bottom window, the slice of chocolate cake…

WWW.FORBES.COM — UK-based Quantum Motion announced today it has raised over £42 million in a series B funding round, bringing its total funding to date to over £62 million. The oversubscribed round was led by Bosch Ventures (RBVC), joined by Porsche Automobile Holding SE and British Patient Capital. Existing…

TECHCRUNCH.COM — Strive is an online learning platform that teaches kids to code, but it wants to do more than just that. Developed with an active learning model that lets students take the lead in classes, Strive wants to instill in them a lifelong love of STEM subjects. The Singapore-based startup announced today that it has raised a $1.3 million seed round led by Y Combinator (it is an alum of the accelerator program), with participation from Soma Capital, Goodwater Capital and individual investors like Crimson Education CEO Jamie Beaton, co-founder of WestBridge Capital and founding member of Sequoia India KP Balaraja, and Segment co-founder and ex-CTO Calvin French-Owen.

WWW.REUTERS.COM — ANTAKYA, Turkey Feb 20 (Reuters) – A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck southern Turkey near the Syrian border late on Monday, setting off panic and further damaging buildings two weeks after the country’s worst earthquake in modern history left tens of thousands dead.Two Reuters reporters said the…

MASHABLE.COM — Privacy Please is an ongoing series exploring the ways privacy is violated in the modern world, and what can be done about it. The car you drive says more about you than you think. Over the last few decades, technology has given drivers remarkable improvements in both safety and convenience — but…

WWW.ECONOMIST.COM — Editor’s note: This is one of a series of daily articles we will be publishing in the run-up to the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24th. See the rest of our coverageTANKS DID put a stop to Grigory Sverdlin’s career in the end—but not in the way he expected. In 2017…

TECHCRUNCH.COM — U.quantum computing company Quantum Motion has raised £42 million ($50.5 million) in an equity round of funding led by Bosch Ventures (RBVC), with participation from Porsche, the U.government’s National Security Strategic Investment Fund (NSSIF), and a host of additional investors. Quantum computing, for the uninitiated, builds on principles borrowed from quantum mechanics, with a focus on quantum bits (qubits) rather than atoms, promising to advance what’s possible with computers by performing complex calculations in a fraction of the time.

MASHABLE.COM — We’re way past the halfway point of The Last of Us, but we’ve only been given snippets of Ellie’s (Bella Ramsey) backstory. Well, if the trailer for episode 7 is anything to go by, we’re in for a look into the past. In the next instalment of HBO’s adaptation of the lauded Naughty Dog game, the…

WWW.REUTERS.COM — LAHORE, Pakistan, Feb 20 (Reuters) – Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was granted protective bail by a court in the eastern city of Lahore on Monday, providing him respite from arrest for two weeks in a case that involves charges under the country’s anti-terrorism laws.Khan has had a…

WWW.REUTERS.COM — ZURICH, Feb 20 (Reuters) – Swiss financial regulator Finma is reviewing remarks made by Credit Suisse Group (CSGN.S) Chairman Axel Lehmann about outflows from the lender having stabilized in early December, two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.Finma is seeking to establish the…